Design is omni-present. It cannot be escaped. Everywhere you look, every object you see, every book you read, every billboard in your line of sight, advertisements in magazines, newspapers and on TV, every article of clothing in your wardrobe, the plates you eat from and even the bed you sleep in - all are...
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The Value of Design – The Power to Influence, Educate & Inspire
What Nationally Published Columnist, Cindy Laferle Has To Say About Writing & Journalism
Norm Goldman, Editor of sketchandtravel.com and bookpleasures.com interviews Nationally Published Columnist, Cindy Laferle, who discusses B&Bs, travel writing, her new book, Writing Home, and many other topics.
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DIY Solar Panels – Build Your Own Homemade Solar Panels & Save the Environment Now
With energy prices rising steadily over the last few decades and no reason to think they'll fall anytime soon, many homeowners are exploring the option of powering their homes with renewable, or "green", power systems. The two most common home green energy systems are wind turbines and solar panels. Of these two, solar panels...
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Interior Designing Ideas & Colours That Decorate Your Room
The economic boom that India witnessed in the last decade saw the rise of numerous money making ventures. From cellular phones to junk eateries to shopping malls to interior designing, all businesses have turned out to be high money grossing ventures. High profile business men and top level celebrities started giving their homes a...
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Beat Generation
The Beat Generation also known as the beat movement was a group of writers emerging in 1950s in America. The beats worshipped the individuality and liberty and infused this notion into their values on life and literature. Nearly all the members were gays and had the experience of drug smoking. They led a rootless...
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Abstract Arts & Abstract Paintings – A Panoramic Vista Cultivated With Mystery, Thrived on Veracity
FOREWORD I remember a while back, when I was faced with a very pressing situation requiring my instant attention. I was being interviewed live, on a major television station at prime time, along with showing a series of my slides in connection to the opening of an art exhibit. As soon...
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German Memories in Asia – A Discussion on Volcanic Winter & Human Evolution
But the Sumatra region has a record of having faced many disasters and re-shaping human evolution itself on Planet Earth. A new hypothesis about recent human evolution suggests that we came very close to extinction because of a "volcanic winter". Professor Stanley Ambrose of the University of Illinois advocated this...
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What is Art Trying to Explain?
This article seeks to explain the purpose of art and entertainment. It takes a historical view of the evolution of art, and concludes with questions to contemplate.
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Is the Study of Humanities Relevant?
John Milton, in his epic poem Paradise Lost, takes as his theme the creation of the angels, man, the fall of mankind from grace, and mankind's subsequent redemption by Jesus Christ. Milton attempts in his opening stanza to "justify the ways of God to man." This poem, written in the seven year...
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